Eagles officially add wide receiver Miles Austin

Miles Austin has passed his physical and is set to join the Eagles. (Bob Levey, Getty Images)

After passing his physical on Tuesday, veteran free-agent wide receiver Miles Austin became a Philadelphia Eagle as expected, signing one-year contract worth around $2.3 million with an additional $700,000 in incentives.

A nine-year veteran, Austin (6-3, 215) spent the first eight seasons of his career in Dallas and ranks eighth in Cowboys franchise history in receiving yards (4,481) and 10th in both receptions (301) and touchdown catches (34).

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Originally signed as a rookie free agent (out of Monmouth) in 2006, Austin has recorded 348 catches for 5,049 yards and 36 touchdowns in 118 career games (69 starts). He spent the 2014 season with the Cleveland Browns, finishing with 47 catches for 568 yards and two touchdowns in 12 games, before a kidney laceration ended his season.

The 30-year-old enjoyed his best season for the Cowboys in 2009, contributing a team-best 81 catches for 1,320 yards and 11 TDs. He became just the 15th undrafted player in NFL history to eclipse 1,000 receiving yards and the 12th with 10 or more touchdowns in a season.

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As for what would be realistic for him in 2015, Austin was not ready to venture a guess in a conference call with reporters.

"Honestly, I've been here for about four hours," he said. "The only thing I'm worried about is doing is what they ask, which is getting better every day and just being a better player than I was the day before."

One thing Austin is reasonably confident of is his health, which has been an issue with him for the better part of the last four seasons. Hampered by a series of hamstring injuries in 2011 and again in 2013, Austin believes he made a breakthrough with a new stretching routine he added before practices and games that helped him go injury-free for 12 straight games in 2014. That season ended for him only after he was hospitalized following what he believes was a freak kidney injury during a game at Buffalo in which he led the team in receptions.

"I don't even know how you lacerate a kidney without stabbing yourself," he said. "I fell on my side, I guess. … But before that, I felt like it was my process in warmups [that was the difference]. Obviously there's nothing I can do about a kidney, but I felt as good as I've ever felt last year, physically, with my legs."

And although Austin admitted he might not have the same explosiveness he displayed in his Pro Bowl years of '09 and '10, it shouldn't make him a lesser player as he approaches middle age.

"Even with that slight loss of burst or whatever, I think the fact that I know the game more means I can still do what needs to be done, if that makes any sense," he said.

Austin believes he can help with the development of new teammates Jordan Matthews and Josh Huff, who were rookies last season. He seemed especially pumped to meet Matthews.

"I played with a guy [offensive lineman Ryan Seymour] who was Jordan's teammate in college [at Vanderbilt]," Austin said, "and he spokle so highly of him and I think it speaks volumes when you hear of someone who worked so hard through college like he did.

"… I think you have to have quality guys like that on your team. They're the kind of guys you need to have to be in position to win in general."